TOURPALINE BLOG

Seating on my breast-feeding chair, not exactly sure of how this will read or sound; but one thing is certain, I was instructed to write on this topic ‘The Strong Breasted One. Before I proceed, let’s take a step back to the third quarter in 2025, when the lyrics of a beautiful song struck a special place in my heart. The Greatest Lord by Loveworld Singers.  It was after listening to this song, the name ‘Strong Breasted One’ was imprinted in my spirit.                                                Click to Watch/Listen WHO IS THE STRONG BREASTED ONE First let’s establish the function of a breast. The primary function of the breast is to produce and discharge milk for nourishment. "The Strong Breasted One" refers to the Hebrew name for God, ’ El Shaddai’ , which connotes God has unlimited power, he nurtures and gives abundant provision. This implies, ...

I read through this post by Pastor Nomthi Odukoya and I couldn't help but share. I guess it's because of the homely, practical narration used to explain this piercing and blunt scripture of the bible in Matthew 12 43-45. So I culled the post and tagged it a food for thought... I laughed so hard when my friend told me about her 7 months old daughter who had started crawling, opening the cupboards and throwing away anything she found inside the cupboards. Having grown tired of putting things back only to have them taken out again, my friend bought some lockers. The young girl, not knowing that her mummy had outsmarted her, went for business as usual, 

Dear Reader, I actually wrote this post some weeks back but didn't get to post it.  It's an inspiring true life story/report please read on... Tunwase Kabiru, a Nigerian prisoner graduated with a bachelor’s degree from National Open University Lagos on Saturday the 18 th of January 2014. Vanguard Newspaper.

We have a term in my home referred to as someone’s “National  Anthem”.  We usually refer to a song played over and over again  (an overplayed song) as someone’s national anthem. This is  because the national anthem is sang daily and sometimes one  gets weary of listening to the same old song. Although I must  admit that in primary school, we sometimes looked forward to  the anthem because we longed to play or hear the drums. So there was this season my sister declared a particular song as my  national anthem. It was a song sang by Juanita Bynum, titled,  “I  Don’t Mind Waiting”. Interesting enough, the song  always  ministered to me as often as I played it. It even gave me insight as  to what action to take at a certain point in my life. The lyrics of the song: I Don’t Mind Waiting By Juanita Bynum You know, sometimes in life, Situations are going to occur, Where...

You’re a tree replanted in Eden , bearing fresh fruit every month, Never dropping a leaf, always in blossom… Psalm 1:3 [MSG] A question crossed my mind and it’s likely to have crossed yours too- “What does ‘fresh’ and ‘clean’ really mean”?  Taking a closer look at the above scripture, Psalm 1 tells us that those who walk in the way of the Lord and keep away from the path of sinners but instead thrill to God’s word, chewing the scripture day and night, are like a tree replanted in Eden bearing fresh fruit every month, never dropping a leaf and always blooming. Let’s analyse this scripture a bit. Psalm 1:3 which is our key scripture proclaims 4 things: 1.       You’re like a tree , replanted in Eden- a place seen as been perfect and highly pleasing 2.      You bear fresh fruit 3.      You never drop a leaf 4.      You always blossom A woman of God once...

Ese Walter on Thursday the 22 nd of August 2013 alleged that she had an intimate 1week affair with  Pastor Xxx…” (The Pastor of a prominent church  in Nigeria). The whole world waited eagerly for the pastor’   response and finally, his response was, “When we  asked God, God said be quiet. Thank you!” His  response can be summarised as “Leave It to God”  says Ofili (Ofilispeaks). Has leaving it to God and taking little or no  responsibility as we act, become our way of life in  Nigeria? Or has the renowned prolific writer  Ofilispeaks (a writer I really admire) jumped into  conclusion all too soon? Click these two links to discover the truth http://ofilispeaks.com/leaveitforgod/ http://esewalter.wordpress.com/ “The things which hurt, instruct” – Benjamin Franklin Love you and God bless you.

Hi everyone! It’s been a while I discovered my love for writing. I love writing and sharing inspiring, informative and noble information I come across or develop in my line of thought. Although I’ve limited my contents to media outlets such as facebook, twitter and very few magazines, I’ll love to extend it to this blog which I’ve creatively called ‘Tourpaline’ . I created this blog about a year ago, but never really filled it with content. During this period I found me asking myself, ‘There are so many blogs and bloggers, why follow the trend? Asides your flair for writing, what’s your motive?’ I wasn’t particularly satisfied with my answers, so I left it dormant. Then again, the regular reminders in my thought nudged me to pursue this uncompleted project. I knew I was waiting ( w asting a vailable i ntelligence and t ime) in vein. Bill Glass once said, “When you get an insight or inspiration, do something about it within twenty-four hours or the odds are against yo...